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10 hospitals closing departments or ending services
A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
COVID-19 tied to higher risk of digestive diseases
Patients who have survived a COVID-19 infection may be at a greater risk of developing digestive diseases, according to research published Jan. 10 in BMC Medicine.
Kentucky hospital temporarily closes pharmacy after fire
A mechanical fire at UK HealthCare’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Ky., led to the temporary closure of the pharmacy.
Patient stabbed in New York hospital emergency department
One patient was stabbed by another patient while in the waiting room at Syracuse, N.Y.-based Upstate University Hospital on Jan. 9, a hospital spokesperson told Becker’s.
Apollo's hospital 'stranglehold' harms patients and workers, report alleges
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management’s ownership of two large health systems — Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health — downgrades hospital services, hurts workers and puts patients at risk, according to a…
Why Nashville General Hospital is bringing employers into payer conversations
Niobis Queiro, interim chief revenue cycle officer at Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital, said she believes both providers and payers want to give good care. The problem is payers also have a boss: the employers.
5 new drug shortages in 2024
As the FDA imports a syphilis drug from France that’s been in short supply since spring 2023, the FDA and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists have reported five new drug supply issues in 2024.
How Cone Health is finding its 'true north'
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health had a $100 million financial turnaround in 2023 — and that was not by chance.
Oklahoma U 1st in state to offer new fertility, tissue freezing procedure
Oklahoma University Health, located in Norman, is the first in the state to offer a tissue freezing procedure to promote fertility, the system announced Jan. 4.
2 systems open hybrid rehab hospital in South Dakota
Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Vibra Healthcare and Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health opened a rehabilitation hospital that provides both inpatient medical rehabilitation and long-term acute care.
